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Lisnaran Fort
Lios na Rann
Lisnaran Fort is located in Ireland
Lisnaran Fort
Shown within Ireland
LocationLinns, Annagassan, County Kilkenny, Ireland
RegionDundalk Harbour
Altitude17 m (56 ft)
Typeringfort
Part ofLinn Duachaill?
Area0.2 ha (0.49 acres)
Circumference335 m (1,099 ft)
History
BuilderNorse Gaels?
Materialearth
Founded9th–10th century
Abandoned14th century?
PeriodsViking Ireland
CulturesNorse Gaels/Gaelic Irish
Site notes
ArchaeologistsPaul Stevens
Public accessyes
Official nameLisnaran Fort
Reference no.579

Lisnaran Fort is a ringfort (rath) and National Monument located in County Louth, Ireland.[1][2]

Location

Lisnaran Fort is located outside Annagassan, near the meeting-point of the River Glyde and River Dee.[3]

History

Edward II pennies
Obverse Reverse
Pennies of Edward II, like those found at Lisnaran.

Lisnaran contains the remains of circular and a rectangular structures, and may have featured more extensive defences outside the main enclosure.[4] It was historically associated with the Viking longphort Linn Duachaill, bu the combination of a hillfort with round and rectangular structures suggests a Gaelic Irish origin. The only find at Lisnaran was a wooden box in 1928, containing twelve silver pennies, all dating from 1279–1315 and from the reign of Edward I or Edward II as Lord of Ireland.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Mahr, A. M. (1 January 1929). "A Hoard of Coins Found near Annagassan". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 7 (1): 42–45. doi:10.2307/27728287. JSTOR 27728287.
  2. ^ Symposium, Friends of Medieval Dublin (1 January 2008). "Medieval Dublin ..." Four Courts Press – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Nolan, William (1 January 1999). "Laois: History & Society". Geography Publications – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "21676 «  Excavations".
  5. ^ "The longphort phenomenon in Early Christian and Viking Ireland". 22 February 2013.
  6. ^ Mahr, A. M. (1 January 1929). "A Hoard of Coins Found near Annagassan". Journal of the County Louth Archaeological Society. 7 (1): 42–45. doi:10.2307/27728287. JSTOR 27728287.